Olejek czosnkowy – skład chemiczny, działanie farmakologiczne i lecznicze

*Anna Kędzia

Summary
Common garlic (Allium sativum L.) appears to have originated in Central Asia and then spread rapidly into India, China, Northern Africa and Europa. Nowadays the cultivation of garlic is very popular all country over the world. Medicinally used garlic oil is mostly prepared by steam-distillation process. The garlic oil consists of the diallyl disulfide (60%), diallyl trisulfide (19-20%), allyl methyl trisulfide (13%), allyl methyl disulfide (13%), diallyl tetrasulfide (8-10%), allyl methyl tetrasulfide (6%), allylpropylsulfide (6%) and dimethyl trisulfide (3%). The oil also contains enzymes, nucleosides, thiosulfinates and thiourea. The essential oil of garlic demonstrate many medical properties: antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antiatherosclerotic, antioxidant, expectorant, antihypertensive, fibrinolytic, anticancer and inhibiting the aggregations of blood plateles.

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